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Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down an inrun with a take-off ramp (the jump), attempting to go as far as possible. In addition to the length that skiers jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long (240 to 270 cm). Ski jumping is predominantly a winter sport, performed on snow, and is part of the Winter Olympic Games, but can also be performed in summer on artificial surfaces (porcelain or frost rail track on the inrun, plastic on the landing hill).
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yp, the world record is 239m from bjorn einar romoren- flying norway guy :). but he made it in Planica, in sLOVEnia. Jumper with number 70 on picture is 11 years old girl- Julija.
Planica is famous for ski jumping. The first ski jumping hill was constructed before 1930 at the slope of the Ponca mountain. In 1939 Stanko Bloutek constructed a larger hill, sometimes also called the mammoth hill.
Ski flying is an extreme version of ski jumping. The events take place in big hills with a K-spot of at least 185 meters. There are five ski flying hills in the world today. Vikersundbakken in Vikersund, Norway; Oberstdorf, Germany; Kulm, Austria; Letalnica; Planica, Slovenia; and in Harrachov, Czech Republic. The sixth hill, Copper Peak in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan, is currently disused although there are plans to rebuild it to FIS standards. The biggest hill is in Planica, where all the longest ski jumps have taken place. It's possible to fly more than 200 meters in all the ski flying hills, and the current World Record is 239 meters, set by Norwegian Bjørn Einar Romøren in Planica 2005. The longest jump ever was 240 meters long, achieved by Janne Ahonen at the same competition, but it is not recognized as a record because Ahonen fell when he landed. Since 1972 there's been a Ski flying World Championship every other year.
The largest jump in the world, in Planica, Slovenia
Rank Nation Record holder Length
1.
Norway Bjørn Einar Romøren 239 meters
2.
Finland Matti Hautamäki 235.5 meters
3.
Austria Andreas Widhölzl 231 meters
4.
Slovenia Robert Kranjec 229 meters
5.
Russia Dimitri Vassiliev 228 meters
6.
Germany Michael Neumayer 227.5 meters
7.
Poland Adam Małysz 225 meters
8.
Japan Daiki Ito 222.5 meters
9.
Switzerland Andreas Küttel 222 meters
10.
United States Alan Alborn 221.5 meters
11.
Czech Republic Jakub Janda 209 meters
12.
Italy Roberto Cecon 207.5 meters
13.
France Nicolas Dessum 207.5 meters
14.
Sweden Isak Grimholm 207.5 meters
15.
Belarus Petr Chaadaev 197.5 meters
16.
Kazakhstan Radik Zhaparov 196.5 meters
17.
Slovakia Martin Mesik 195.5 meters
18.
Estonia Jens Salumae 195 meters
19.
Canada Stefan Read 191.5 meters
20.
South Korea Heung Chul Choi 184.5 meters
21.
Ukraine Oleksander Lasarovich 178.5 meters
22.
Netherlands Christoph Kreuzer 162 meters
23.
Hungary Gabor Geller 139 meters
24.
Turkey Baris Demirci 123 meters
25.
Kyrgyzstan Dmitry Chvykov 122 meters
26.
China Zhandong Tian 121.5 meters
27.
Romania Florin Spulber 118 meters
28.
Bulgaria Petar Fartunov 116.5 meters
29.
United Kingdom Glynn Pedersen 113.5 meters
30.
Georgia Kakhaber Tsakadze 105 meters
31.
Croatia Josip Sporer 102 meters
32.
Denmark Andreas Bjelke Nygaard 100.5 meters
33.
Iceland Skarphedinn Gudmundsson 64 meters
34.
Australia Hal Nerdal 53 meters
35.
Latvia Kristaps Laganovski 52 meters
36.
Uganda Dunstan Odeke 50 meters
37.
Ireland Richard Brown 35 meters
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